City of Henderson v. Henderson Auto Wrecking, Inc.

OPINION

By the Court,

Pike, J.:

The judgment appealed from ordered the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate directed to the City of Henderson, its city council, and clerk, ordering them to issue to respondent corporation a use permit for the operation of a wrecking yard, and also, upon the payment by respondent of the fees therefor, to issue to respondent a business license to conduct said wrecking yard business in the city.

The court found that respondent had, for some 14 months prior to the commencement of the action, operated an automobile wrecking company within the city limits; that on…